Battle of Tornavento

Battle of Tornavento
Part of Franco-Spanish War (1635)

The battle of Tornavento in a seventeenth-century graphic representation
Date22 June 1636
Location
Tornavento, near Oleggio and Lonate Pozzolo
(present-day Italy)
Result Franco-Savoyard victory
Belligerents
 France
 Savoy		 Spain
Commanders and leaders
Charles de Créquy
Victor Amadeus I		 Marqués de Leganés
Strength

16,700

  • 6,000 infantry
  • 1,200 cavalry
  • 8,000 infantry
  • 1,500 cavalry

14,500

  • 10,000 infantry
  • 4,500 cavalry
Casualties and losses
1,200+ killed
1,000 wounded		 1,300 killed
1,000 wounded

The Battle of Tornavento was fought in Northwest Italy on 22 June 1636, during the Thirty Years' War.

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